Is it required to have a steam account to run game or can you run it in a stand alone without internet access?
20768
The cd inside will only point you to download steam it does not have the game. You will then have to create an account. After that you spend the next 3-6 hours waiting on the game to download from steam. Once downloaded you will have to launch the game through steam but, you are allowed to use it in "offline mode" if you do not want to stay connected to steam to play the game.
1310259
Both require steam. Sucks i know but you have to have steam in order to play
1448816
Yes it does require an internet connection and the Steam application installed to be able to play the game, even straight out of the box with the CD key. I hope this answer helps you, I did not know that before purchasing and I am unable to play because I do not have an internet connection where I am at this time. Once you are able to get online and activate it with Steam though, apparently you have to set STEAM to offline play (while being online) then afterwards, internet is not required - just activation.
1377277
You must activate the game via STEAM. Once that is done, you will be able to play the game with or without internet or STEAM. why this is so; my guess is that you are prevented from selling the game to someone else without giving up your STEAM account.
1526856
You can play while your are offline but to gain achievements for game play you must by logged on to steam and play online. If your are offline though, you can still play the complete game.
1491317
If u uninstall steam, u won't be able to play it...the game runs via steam site
1448817
I used the DVD to load the whole game onto my computer. However, Steam immediately downloaded an update once I logged on. I'm not sure if you can just play it out of the box without updating or not. Hope this helps.
2274170
Before an update that happened last month. The game had to be connect to Internet in order to play ( with a server, which you couldn't always connect to). So you needed internet and hope a server had enough room for you. Now is completely fine. And I'm not sure if when you purchase the cd for the game if it still requires an account with origin.com. If you do digital download like i did, you need to create an origin account and insert a code in order to download. So long story short, you can now play offline. Anytime, anywhere.
1599661
The pack is played through steam so you'll need to have an account with them first before downloading the game. All of this requires an internet connection but to actually play the games there should be an offline mode in steam's settings.
1799653
Yes, the DVD version I received required that you start the installation through Steam. I also own the much older CD version which does not require steam. The files are read from the DVD after the installation is started, but you still have to have an internet connection to do it.
1443939
you do not need to be connected to steam to play after install. just tried it and was able to play. it will come up with a message saying it can not connect to steam and will give you a button to press "play game" click this and it will launch the game. Happy railing! :-)
2093505
Yes, you need steam to play this game, and Amazon will send you a code to download the game through steam via email. YOU DO NOT NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE AMAZON GAME DOWNLOADER. Hope this helps
2182708
The game does require a broadband internet connection. Offline mode is available only in those circumstances where you temporaily lose a connection in which you may continue to play for that session only. Even then you have to login as a "guest" even though you own the game. Guest privileges only last 30 days before you have to login to a live internet connection to re-register the game. Otherwise, you are locked out of your own game. Kinda sucks doesn't it?
690221
No, this version does not require steam. The entire reason I bought this game was because it does not have steam at all.
575244
No, you can not play this game without having internet. You can download game to your computer,that way you can get all software for game.
677978
I actually bought the DVD, but it does require a Steam account to play. Once I got onto Steam, I saw that it offered the download version. So, although I can't be sure, I think you could download the game to play through Steam.
1998876
Yes but every time you turn it on it will first want to go to Steam, once its done that you can play as if your not on the internet!, and at no time will the game ask for Steam more then an ok that you have a legal copy!